kasin

See also: käsin

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsin/, [ˈkɑsʲin]
• Rhymes: -ɑsin
• Hyphenation: ka‧sin

Adjective

kasin (genitive kasina, partitive kasinat, comparative kasinam, superlative kõige kasinam)

1. scant, scanty, meagre
2. vestal, chaste, pure

Declension

Declension of kasin (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kasin	kasinad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kasina
genitive			kasinate
partitive		kasinat	kasinaid
illative		kasinasse	kasinatesse kasinaisse
inessive		kasinas	kasinates kasinais
elative		kasinast	kasinatest kasinaist
allative		kasinale	kasinatele kasinaile
adessive		kasinal	kasinatel kasinail
ablative		kasinalt	kasinatelt kasinailt
translative		kasinaks	kasinateks kasinaiks
terminative		kasinani	kasinateni
essive		kasinana	kasinatena
abessive		kasinata	kasinateta
comitative		kasinaga	kasinatega

Derived terms

• kasinus

 

Further reading

• “kasin”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kasin”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kasin in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Noun

kasin

1. genitive singular of kasi

Anagrams

• askin, kansi, kisan, niska, sakin